Analog IC designers seeing May sales boom

May 18, 01:05

Taiwan-based analog IC design firms are expected to see their second-quarter revenues close to their high-end targets or even beat company guidance, as sales generated thus far in...

Analog IC designers see strong revenue gains in April

May 9, 14:28

Most Taiwan-based analog IC design houses, including Copella Microsystems (Taiwan), Macroblock and On-Bright Electronics, saw their revenues hit record highs for the second consecutive...

Chip demand for LCD TVs, monitors picking up

May 3, 15:29

Demand for semiconductors used in LCD TVs and monitors has started picking up in May while notebook firms have stepped up their pace of orders, according to sources at IC design ho...

Analog IC order visibility extends as far as 3Q12

Apr 18, 16:13

Analog IC suppliers have seen orders pick up with clearer order visibility since the second quarter of 2012, according to industry sources. In particular, the order visibility for...

Taiwan analog IC firms gearing up for switch to 8-inch wafers

Feb 3, 01:10

Taiwan-based fabless analog IC firms are all expected to carry out their transition to 8-inch wafers in 2012, according to industry sources. The move will help improve their cost...

Richtek, GMT to see drops in 4Q11 revenues

Nov 11, 15:40

Analog IC design firms Richtek Technology and Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) both expect to post sequential sales decreases in the fourth quarter of 2011, due to sluggish PC and...

MStar, ALi September revenues up; Novatek, Richtek revenues down

Oct 7, 13:39

IC design houses MStar Semiconductor and ALi have reported strong sales for September as fellow companies Novatek Microelectronics and Richtek Technology have suffered a sequential...

PC chip vendors look to flat sales in August

Aug 25, 14:14

Taiwan-based IC design houses for PC products expect their revenues to stay flat in August before clients in the motherboard and notebook ODM sectors begin to step up their purchases...

Himax, Richtek see slow growth in 3Q11

Aug 11, 01:05

LCD driver IC design firm Himax Technologies and Richtek Technology, an analog IC designer, both expect their sales performance to come below seasonal patterns in the third quarter...

Taiwan IC designers shipping nearly all ICs used in Amazon tablets

Jul 27, 12:02

A number of Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to see their sales move up vigorously in the third quarter of 2011 due to their shipments of IC parts to the supply chain for...

More Taiwan-based IC designers cut into iPad 3 supply chain

Jul 26, 14:06

Taiwan-based IC design houses Novatek Microelectronics, Richtek Technology, Capella Microsystems (Taiwan) and Integrated Memory Logic (iML) have reportedly entered the supply chain...

Most IC design houses post sequential drops in June revenues

Jul 8, 14:13

While MediaTek, Global Unichip and Faraday Technology have managed to reach their low-end revenue targets for June, fellow IC design houses including Global Mixed-mode Technology...

First-tier analog IC designers look to decreased gross margins for 2Q11

May 9, 11:57

Most first-tier analog IC designers, including Richtek Technology and Global Mixed-code Technology (GMT), expect their gross margins to slip lower in the second quarter of 2011 due...

TI certifies 8-inch wafers from SAS, says paper

Newswatch - Apr 15, 11:36

Eight-inch epitaxy wafers by Taiwan-based Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) has been certified by Texas Instruments (TI), according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times...

IC vendors Richtek and Anpec see business as usual despite lowered Acer 1Q11 guidance

Mar 29, 11:47

PC IC vendor Richtek Technology has stated that its guidance for the first quarter 2011 will remain unchanged even though Acer has lowered its revenue forecast for the quarter.

Richtek dismisses acquisition rumors

Stockwatch - Mar 24, 01:55

Analog IC design house Richtek Technology has dismissed a recent Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report indicating it is looking to acquire Capella Microsystems,...

Switch to 8-inch wafers to provide sufficient capacity and inventory flexibility for analog IC design houses

Jan 26, 01:45

With the imminent entry of Texas Instrument's (TI) 12-inch analog IC process, Taiwan-based analog IC design houses have looked to transition to 8-inch wafers since the second half...

Taiwan IC design houses January sales affected by China snowstorms

Jan 25, 12:08

A number of Taiwan-based IC design houses have confirmed that sales increase in January will be limited due to heavy snowstorms in China, which could affect the shopping season prior...

Richtek expects 5-10% revenue growth for 1Q11

Jan 4, 11:27

Richtek Technology expects revenues for the first quarter of 2011 to increase 5-10% sequentially on its aggressive efforts in the handset, LED backlight and consumer electronics sectors,...

IC design houses see strong orders from LCD and notebook sectors

Nov 29, 12:34

Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen an upsurge in orders from the TFT LCD panel and notebook sectors, expecting the rebound in demand to last into January 2011, according to industry...

Analog IC design house Richtek looks to on-quarter revenue decline in 4Q10

Nov 15, 10:31

Analog IC design house Richtek Technology expects its revenues to drop 13-22% sequentially to NT$2.5-2.8 billion (US$82.74-92.67 million) in the fourth quarter due to seasonal fact...

IC design houses brace for weak 4Q10

Oct 11, 12:08

Despite strong demand from clients in China prior to the National Day holidays, most Taiwan-based IC design houses posted lower revenues in September than those they recorded in August...

Off-season effects for IC design houses to come earlier than expected

Sep 13, 14:36

Off-season effect for Taiwan-based IC design houses in 2010 are expected to come earlier than expected as lower-than-expected back-to-school demand in the US and Europe will offset...

MediaTek looks to post revenues of over NT$9 billion in August

Aug 16, 14:28

Buoyed by a rebound in orders, MediaTek is expected to see its revenues climb to over NT$9 billion (US$282 million) in August 2010, after revenues edged up just 2.4% sequentially...

Richtek looks to sequential revenue growth in 3Q10

Aug 11, 13:54

Analog IC design house Richtek Technology expects its third-quarter revenues to reach NT$3.2-3.5 billion (US$100.72-110.17 million), representing an increase of 2.5-12% sequentially...

Richtek claims victory in patent lawsuit against uPI Semiconductor

Newswatch - Jul 23, 11:13

Analog IC design house Richtek Technology claims that it has won a patent lawsuit against rival uPI Semiconductor which recently applied for a consent order from the US International...

IC design houses look to modest revenue growth in 3Q10

Jul 22, 14:01

Most Taiwan-based IC design houses are conservative about the business outlook for the third quarter predicting that their revenues are likely to grow in a range of 5-10% despite...

Foundry quotes for mature processes rise 10-15%, says paper

Newswatch - Jul 13, 16:50

Taiwan-based analog IC designers including Richtek Technology, Global Mixed-code Technology (GMT), Anpec Technology and Leadtrend Technology are willing to accept higher quotes in...

Richtek and Advanced Analog report strong revenue growth for June

Jul 7, 15:45

Analog IC design houses Richtek Technology and Advanced Analog Technology (AAT) have both reported strong revenue growth for June, indicating demand for analog ICs remains strong...

Second-tier IC design houses to enjoy record revenues in June

Jun 30, 14:44

While Taiwan's first-tier IC design houses including MediaTek, Realtek Semiconductor and Richtek Technology will likely see revenues slip sequentially in June, smaller houses are...

MediaTek, Richtek revenues fall short of expectations in May

Jun 8, 12:05

First-tier Taiwan-based IC design houses MediaTek and Richtek Technology both posted lower-than-expected revenues for May in part due to seasonal factors, according to industry sou...

IC design houses to set monthly revenue records in May 2010

May 26, 14:08

Taiwan-based IC design houses including Elan Microelectronics, Alpha Microelectronics, Richtek Technology, Ralink Technology, Macroblock and Global Mix-mode Technology are expected...

Richtek looks to 7-18% sequential revenue growth in 2Q10

May 7, 14:59

IC design house Richtek Technology expects its revenues to grow 7-18% sequentially to NT$2.9-3.2 billion (US$92.08-101.6 million) in the second quarter of 2010, according to company...

Analog IC vendors positive about 2Q10 business outlook

Apr 15, 12:14

Taiwan-based analog IC design houses, including Richtek Technology, Global Mixed-code Technology (GMT), Anpec Technology, Advanced Analog Technology and Leadtrend Technology, are...

Analog IC design firms positive about TSMC investment in LED industry

Mar 29, 14:35

Taiwan-based analog IC design houses are positive about the entrance into the LED industry by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), indicating that the cooperation between...